Hack Your CityEach Monday we ask you for your best tips on a city: driving tips, restaurant recs, things to do, and any other advice for visitors and locals. Then on Thursday, we present the best comments. We’re working our way around the U.S. and around the globe.

Arizona’s capital and the fifth-biggest city in the country, Phoenix boomed after World War II as air conditioning made the city tolerable for more than farmers and ranchers. The canal-irrigated town became a real city of industry, home to offices for IBM, PetSmart, U-Haul, and Honeywell, with a freewheeling construction and real estate market that often outpaces demand.

As King of the Hill put it, Phoenix is a monument to man’s arrogance, with over 1.6 million people living in summer highs of over 100° F. Drivers freak out about rain the way the South freaks out about an inch of snow. And yet the city has a hockey team.

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Phoenix residents, tell us how you get by, what you like to do, how you beat the heat, and where you take out-of-town visitors. We’ll collect the best comments in a fresh post on Thursday.